Compulsory Purchase Act 1965
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to consolidate the Lands Clauses Acts as applied by Part I of Schedule 2 to the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946, and by certain other enactments, and to repeal certain provisions in the Lands Clauses Acts and related enactments which have ceased to have any effect. |
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| Citation | 1965 c. 56 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 5 August 1965 |
| Commencement | 1 January 1966 |
Status: Amended | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Text of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (c. 56) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, which concerns English land law and compulsory purchase.
Contents[edit]
The act sets conditions for a compulsory purchase to be made.
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See also[edit]
- Compulsory purchase order
- English land law
- Eminent domain
- Re Ellenborough Park [1955] EWCA Civ 4, [1956] Ch 131
References[edit]
- K Gray and SF Gray, Land Law (7th edn 2011) Ch 11
- K Gray and S Gray, ‘Private Property and Public Propriety’, in J McLean (ed), Property and the Constitution (Hart 1999) 36-7
